Reply #146: I think

[Dookus]

you have an odd view of this. The companies I worked for employ thousands of people in the US, not just executives. It's just some functions can be done more cheaply and effectively elsewhere.

Tech Support, for instance, used to be done here in Silicon Valley onsite. Then, even in the 80s, it became more affordable to use call centers in Salt Lake City, Austin, Atlanta and the like. Then it became cheaper and effective to do it in Canada and Ireland. Now it's India that's getting a lot of the work. The fact is, Tech Support is a huge cost for a tech company - a cost that often makes the difference between profitable and not profitable. Who benefits if the company goes under altogether? Isn't it better to keep half the jobs here than have none at all?